My answer to this question lies in loyalty.

Who, or what, am I loyal to?

Am I loyal to Steemit Inc. for creating STEEM and then overseeing one of the worst distributions in crypto history? For putting up a beta site that has some good things but is sorely lacking in many other practical functions, let alone anywhere near cutting edge technology worthy of a blockchain?

Or am I loyal to the ideal STEEM and other blockchains represent. Freedom, decentralization, and global digital currency without borders and without regulations.

Am I loyal to Ned and Dan and everyone else who has worked behind the scenes to keep things in some semblance of a working order, even when their interests lie elsewhere, with SMTs and Oracles and other things that could eventually dwarf the transactions and engagement happening on Steemit, where I'm trying to build my future?

Or does my loyalty go with everyone else I've been meeting here, the every day account holders, the ones who are juggling making ends meet now with the desire to provide for a brighter future. The ones who share my own desire to build up this site and its communities, rather than see it fractured and try to follow whoever does take off in a score of different directions?

Or does my loyalty ultimately lie with myself, my family, and those I have actually met in person. Those who have been with me for longer, in good times and bad, who have stuck by me and supported me even when they think I'm crazy for the decisions I make?

Well, I can assure you that my loyalties are stronger with those I really know and with the others that I regularly interact with here than they are with a corporation ran by Millennial millionaires wannabe billionaires. My loyalty also lies with the ideal of freedom, decentralization and global currency, wherever that might end up being found.

So, while there's nowhere else to go, Steemit is the place. While there's nowhere better to go Steemit is the place. And when some other place does exist, maybe I try it out to see if it's better, while continuing what I've been building on STEEM. And, if this other place proves to be the best, maybe I make the entire move there.

All I really want to do is write and earn something worthwhile for it. I'll comment and curate if needs be to help supplement the writing, but that's what I came here to do, and that's what I intend to do for as long as I am able and as long as STEEM and a way to put my thoughts down on its blockchain exist. I have no control over what happens beyond what I can personally do. So, I go on in the manner that I believe is best for me and for now, and probably into the foreseeable future, that is here on Steemit.